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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452769303321

Autore

Hall Nathan

Titolo

Hate crime / / Nathan Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-415-54027-5

1-136-26183-4

0-203-10742-X

1-136-26184-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

364.15

Soggetti

Hate crimes

Hate crimes - Great Britain

Hate crimes - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Hate Crime; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication; Table of Contents ; List of illustrations ; Acknowledgements ; Foreword to the second edition ; Preface ; 1 Defining and conceptualising hate crime ; 2 The emergence of hate crime as a contemporary socio-legal problem ; 3 The international geography of hate ; 4 Victims and victimisation ; 5 Prejudice and hatred ; 6 Explaining hate crime ; 7 Law and law enforcement ; 8 Challenging hate and hate crime ; 9 Questioning the hate crime paradigm ; 10 Critical issues in hate crime ; Conclusions ; References ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Since the publication of the first edition of 'Hate Crime' in 2005, interest in this subject as a scholarly and political domain has grown considerably both in Britain and North America, but significantly also in many other parts of the world. As such, this second edition fully revises and updates the content of the first, but within a broader international context. </P><P>Building on the success of the first edition, this accessible, cross-disciplinary text also includes a wider range of international issues, and addresses new and emerging areas of concern within the field. The book will b